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Muir hired Haase, so firing Haase would be an admission of error by Muir.

I can't see that making sense. At the time Muir made the hire, he could argue Haase was the best option available. Good decision, bad outcome. Lots of good people get hired into a job and it doesn't work out. Not optimal, but arguably not an error. Now, if Muir never hires anyone that succeeds, it is a different argument.

For what it's worth, "good decision, bad outcome" sums up my views on the Haase hire. I just think that psychologically Muir will be prone to wishful thinking on Haase in a way he might not have been on Dawkins.

Not only wishful thinking, but realizing that if he fires Haase he has to go hire somebody else. He may not have any candidates that he likes lined up and it is probably harder than ever to find a coach that wants to come to coach Stanford basketball. As lots of others on this board have pointed out it is hard to have confidence Muir can identify and hire a good replacement. Muir may feel the same, not because he thinks he is incompetent but rather because he has looked into it and didn't like what he saw.

[Goose]

Muir hired Haase, so firing Haase would be an admission of error by Muir.

I can't see that making sense. At the time Muir made the hire, he could argue Haase was the best option available. Good decision, bad outcome. Lots of good people get hired into a job and it doesn't work out. Not optimal, but arguably not an error. Now, if Muir never hires anyone that succeeds, it is a different argument.

For what it's worth, "good decision, bad outcome" sums up my views on the Haase hire. I just think that psychologically Muir will be prone to wishful thinking on Haase in a way he might not have been on Dawkins.

Not only wishful thinking, but realizing that if he fires Haase he has to go hire somebody else. He may not have any candidates that he likes lined up and it is probably harder than ever to find a coach that wants to come to coach Stanford basketball. As lots of others on this board have pointed out it is hard to have confidence Muir can identify and hire a good replacement. Muir may feel the same, not because he thinks he is incompetent but rather because he has looked into it and didn't like what he saw.